​Aquatic therapy has become increasingly popular for the rehabilitation of equine musculoskeletal injuries; unfortunately, there has been no scientific evaluation of its effectiveness for the treatment of OA and its associated alterations in musculoskeletal function in horses.

​Current saddle fitting methods do not provide a quantifiable or standardized method for assessing three-dimensional trunk morphometry. The Equine Back Profiling System (EBPS) was able to reliably capture a wide variety of dorsal trunk contours of horses ridden under English dressage or jumping saddles, and Western saddles.